Hydrographic Printing

When I was a senior in college, I used a process called Hydrographic (sometimes referred to as Water Transfer) printing to combine photography and sculpture. I took portraits of my classmates in the studio (which happened to be my first real studio experience) and then printed them on a special paper which dissolves once laid in a water bath. the result, is the ink from the portrait floating on the surface of water. Once you dip something, in this case a plastic mannequin head, into the ink, it adheres to the subject and is on pretty strong once dry, but is extremely fragile while wet. I added a clear coat to protect it even longer. This head is one of sixteen unique heads.

Below is the website I used to learn the process, and buy all the materials I would need. They were a great resource and I hope to do more projects with this process.

Full set of instructions: https://www.prostreetgraphix.com/instructions/
Online store: https://www.prostreetgraphix.com/store-2/products/